West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-13
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINIs's SIN
DAY SERMON.
Subject These Flying years o

| 81 -" NVohh. IN SHIPS and barge
there hat been brought from India. cinnn
| mon ana trankincenSe and ivory and din
| nohuS FROM the north. marble and iron
| FROM syria, silks aud plrples From Gro ,ce
,ne uhest hor-eS I'M the world and the mos
! orlllant chariotS From oil parts OF IN,
eaith, every thing that Conld please tho eve
| OF chorm the ear, or gtatitv the tnste Thor,
! were temples OF aiming red sandstone entere
! ~ Satsways guardel bv pilla bewildorinp
! with hlerogbyphiCs and wound around h1
bia en- serpcnts and adorned with VINCE
I~ltCrcs, their eyes and beals and ninionS
| elttering with precious stones Trere wer,
/ marble pillars blooming into white flowol
! toiS There wero stone pillnrs tbnton h,r, .
/ ing into the shape OF tho lotos i'm full blo,n,
Along tho avenues lined with sphinx and
! zane ani obelisk, Princes rode i'm porpeou,
| pnlAnHlne,o or were drawn i'm vehicles hy snoN,
Whlto horses golden bitted six abreast dnsb
/ lng at tull run. There wcro fountains from
! s,one-wreathcd vases climbing the Ia ldcr,
/ OF the sun. a bolt wolld shove and N door
/ oI btaSS would open like a flash OF the sun
ihet were the odors OF gardens all around
ABOUT the palaces oiors climbing tho
! terrn'c cS' or dripping from the ar
| noIS, or burning their incense i'm the
] Egyptian noon The floors OF mosaic
were written all over with the glories OF
ihataoh, written IN letters of porphyry aud
: heryl and flame. There were crDaments !
| twisted out of the wood of tamarisS on,.
| boSSed with silver breaking into foam. There
| were lcotStools made out OF a single pro lou,
/ ANlN NNIN AllNila NnhttNI with lnp
| sleek hide OF leopards There were he'd
mshioned out OF "A Crouchol lion in bronze.
! lhere were sofas footed with the claws OF
| WIZ beasts and armed with the bcak OF
pl as on some summer day you stand
ON tho level II the sea heR H. and for miles i'm
thl' direction and miles in that dire ton
| you 500 tho foam OF the breakors drivon
shoreward, so II seemed ns il the sea OF
ine i1Ene worlds pomp aud wealth In that
! EgSl I an capital were flung up i'm white
breakers Of temple aud mausuleum aud obe-
llsk. IL was To that splendid city and 10 the
finest building in that G ty the raln ,e OF
Iharaoh that old Jacob, the shepherd far
mer, Cane 10 find his son Joseph who had
become Prime Minister and was living iu ono
OF tho royal apartments. There Pharaoh and
JACOB met Dignity and rusticity. Tho
grae eIulness OF the alaoe aud the plain man
ners OF the field. And / harnob the Kiug -
put the oid countryman at ease and noticing
now White his beard was, and how feeble his
llinbs, looks familarly In the face OF tho
aged shepherd farmer and says: "How oh
art thouin
Night lefore last the pnte of eterpitv
opened 10 let in amid the throng OF departeI
centuries the soul Of tho dying wear Under
the twelfth stroke of the bra en- hammer of
ihe CITY clock the old patriarch fell dead
w nat tortunnto thing II is that wo have
th q milestone ON the road OF life showing
now FAR we are getting on toward the end of
IL Quincy, and this morning 10 is appro-
pirate that look into your fnces as Pharaoh
the sane question: al wv old art tholf'
l.eoplo who are truthful about everything
else VIII lie about their AGES SO / will mt
no one of you under temptation / wnnt
ms th,S morning nor TO apply higher test
right way and wrong way OF measuring a
uoor, measuring a wall, measuring an arch
measuring tower, and there is n right way
an there IS wrong way OF measuring our
earthly existence Therefore with this higher
meaning approach You today, and with all
the sblemnity involved in the question | ask
YOU; How old art thou" a great many
people, notice, measure their q .i,tonce by
worldly qualification. When Lord Dundns
was wished n happy New Year ho repliej:
y 20 II viii be n great deal hOpper than
the old year for / did not hive ono hmm
moment IN NIL the twelve months But thnt
has not been the experience Of most
OF us. Tho most OF us found ont tbot tbougb
th world ts y blasted, il is n bright nnI
beautiful and glorious world. There is no
war between the Gospel aud merrimcnt and
iestivity and innocent hiarity I really
THINK we do not thank God enough for
woflily pleasures Why do not Won 90 hack
further in reCOuntng your merciest Whv
W not you 20 ,lear back q the time when
iou lay an infant i'm yo.r mothers arms,
looking mp into the heaven OF her smile3
why do not you 20 back to the time ~ hen
you filed the house with upronr of
toiS'erous merrimont-tO the time when
WIN shout You pitched the bali on
fA' Hh1 HiVuLNls " IIo Iiffln. The cold.
severe, winter night when muPed
up to the chin, on the skates you shot ont
over the rosOundiug ice Of the pond Wee
YOU ever a boy Were YOU ever n pfrJg
Have you thanked God for early blessings
Joy Joy Joy From those times 10 fhil
oh how many blessings have braathed NJ fo
MS from the Towers, and hone down 90 us
from the stars and shouted ~ us with the
voice of soaring bird. aud tumbliug cascade.
and booming sea, and thunders with Invonats
OF lire rUnTFlUr down is YfrHt .HI
JOY 10y JOY But while all this Is true.
bow unwse that man who measures his life
ly worldly qualification. Life IS not
foam ~ an ae pit her. IL is not the ir dreys 'oS oS
n wine cup. 10 is not o. b. "a scene Of intpvi
cation md registering ] will tell YOU What
S mounts nt6 lo sIf * M es o rf5n 9iaae 9isb m 70,
road thai plunges into horrible abyss II
~ tho Ecying up Df harp or 30 the forging
OF q chain Standing here "a. day In the lir,i
rabbath in the new year, mansions on one
side aud dungeons on th other songs on ono
side aud groans on the other, Heaven ON ono
side and he'll on the ot her, put % YOU the
Uo rcudOus question Of my text. "Hosv a
arr thouF Toward what destiny art thon
tendingi How soon will you reach itl
But ] notice great many OIL o people
measure their 'nrthiy existon c by their for-
rows and their misiortrnes. Through the
life of many n You tho plow has gone
deep, turned up terrific furrow How yOu
slapped OF impertin ~ and pound n of
misfortune ln tie brightest life th.re are
thadoWs ln the smoothc-t road there arc
tnorne Upon The most beautiful brood The
hawk pouuce,. John Milton. while bee Waf
losing his edght heard Tint SaIuato8 was
tla1 oi It Pope. np laudcd for bis poetry
nli thc world q. cr was So annoyed at his
stopping shoulders that iu order 90 avoid
Che eyes of The publ he had q tunnel dug
through which boz wa kol day by day fr0lt
garden To- grot'o and from cr1ttl TO garden
sheridan. while bis play was being enacted
in D0ury Lane Theatre, heard that hi
enemy, Gun borlard. was growing at 10 iu
the ftu.e box Bishop CooaoTs lo ,icon
mauus.r g. The result ~ n lifotmes toll. il
by term1gant SD thrown into tho fine
launo the Sfau.sh artist wns disgusteI
with De cruciix the priest handed him be.
cause DO was not r. good specimen OF ulp.
turo And fOme'im through the ta,to. and
aometmel through learned menace and
somstmcs through the persecution or en-,
world, and sometimes through fhysicai dis
trcssos aye in ton thousand WAYS. there cont
annoyance and sorrOws and mi fort met
and trag'diol But that Be- very un.
wise man. that is very univ 81
woman. who measures life by misfortune aud
io', for whore there is ons stalk Of night.
sbgdo there are % ty hlrobsls and mari.
koid'; where there s QUO cloud thunder
shargod thero are whole focks OF clouds
straying across the hills Of Heaven. all the
gioriei OF lani ani sea asleep in thoir bosom.
because sou lose your child do you forget th3
i've OF ten OF fifteen years whom she came
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